Development of health education model (vaginal hygiene) in vaginal candidiasis prevention in pregnant women

Main Authors: Asriana Abdullaha, -, Nurhaedar Jafar, -, Muhammad Syafar, -
Format: Article PeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2020
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Online Access: http://repository.unhas.ac.id/id/eprint/7622/
Daftar Isi:
  • Objective: The danger of VVC for pregnant women are: premature birth, premature rupture of the membranes, low birth weight. In America, 75% of women during reproduction have experienced VVC. Between 40---50% have recurrent infections and 5---8% have chronic candida infections. The purpose of this study is to obtain more comprehensive information regarding the development of models of health education (vaginal hygiene) in the prevention of vaginal candidiasis in pregnant women. Methods: The design used is Literature review. Articles were collected through Cochrane, Sci- ence Direct, Pubmed, Elseiver, Proquest (Links are from the library of unhas.ac.id) Pubmed, WHO, CDC, Google Scholar. The keywords used were VVC, prevention, audio-visual, modules, pregnant women. After collecting the article then article synthesis was made. Results: Based on the articles collected, the result shows the lack of development of the health education model, namely the provision of modules and audio-visuals in the prevention of early VVC in pregnant women. Thus, through the provision of health education in the form of audio- visual and modules needed in the prevention of vaginal discharge of VVC in pregnant women. Conclusion: The development of models of health education (vaginal hygiene) can effectively prevent vaginal candidiasis by providing audio-visual and modules to pregnant women.